Augustus James Boyce
A Deck Hand with H.M. Trawler Tettenhall, Augustus died on 23rd of May 1917 at the age of 24.
Augustus was born at Lowestoft on 30 August 1891, a son of George William and Lavinia Ann Boyce. His family lived at 8 Church Road. From 1 February 1898 Augustus attended Saint Margaret's School. By 1901 Augustus' father had died and his family lived at Chain Cottages, 8 Church Road. By 1911 his family were living at 4 Fir Terrace, Oulton, and later his mother lived at 79 Lawson Road, Kirkley.
On 11 November 1915 Augustus married Emily Elizabeth Tripp at Saint John's Church. He was a sailor, and gave his address as 79 Lawson Road, and Emily lived at 171 Raglan Street.
Augustus joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 17 November 1915. He died when the Tettenhall struck a mine off Lowestoft. Six of the crew, including Augustus, were killed.
Emily lived at Ivy Farm, Gillingham, and later remarried (Mummery) and lived at 31 Tennyson Road and then 107 Clapham Road.
His brother George was killed in 1918 while serving with The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
PM will stand for "Primitive Methodist". Augustus James Boyce and Emily Elizabeth Tripp married in St John's Church, Lowestoft, on 11 Nov 1915. Augustus served in the Royal Naval Reserve during the First World War. He was a deckhand on HM Trawler "Tettenhall" when, on 23 May 1917, he was killed in a mine explosion off Lowestoft. He is commemorated on the Chatham Memorial. Emily was born in Lowestoft but her father, Leonard Ritson Tripp, was one of the Kessingland Tripps (and Leonard's mother was a Kessingland Durrant which connects me to her as a distant cousin). Attached is a photo of Augustus & Emily with their son Leonard George Boyce, who I believe was named for his two grandfathers (Emily's father Leonard and Augustus' father George). I was sent this some years ago and I don't have an exact date for the photo but logically it must have been taken at some point between 20 Sep 1916 (when Leonard was born) and 23 May 1917 (when Augustus was killed). CREDIT: Andy Pearce
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Augustus Boyce
79
Lawson Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom
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